Our First Alert Weather team has posted a First Alert Weather Day for Thursday as the next snowstorm is set to bring heavy snow to southern Colorado.

Weather Advisory is active through 5 p.m. Thursday for the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Wet Mountains, upper Rio Grande Valley and eastern San Juan Mountains, NWS forecasters said.

Meteorologists are having a tough time predicting how much accumulation different areas will see, but any reports of double-digit inches of snow are likely incorrect.

It’s going to be a beautiful day in the valley! Temperatures will warm from below to above normal across the north through the week. As the arctic blast conditions finally start to dissipate from the area,

A winter storm expected to hit southern Colorado on Wednesday could drop more than a foot of snow in the mountains and up to six inches in the southern metro area.

The arctic blast brought cold temperatures across Colorado, leaving negative temperatures, freezing wind chill and over a foot of snow in some areas across the state.

The most favored areas for snow are over the southern foothills, Palmer Divide and central plains. However, heavier snow could occur north towards Denver.